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NY Times Thinks Patricia Blagojevich Isn't as "Rosy" as Expected of a First Lady
Feministing — ... There is no doubt that I was super upset when hearing the news of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest on federal corruption charges. After all, ...

The Early Word: Obama Ready to Release Blagojevich Report
The Caucus — Anticipation remains high for a report due out later today from the Obama transition team detailing the contacts between members of the Obama camp and Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, who federal prosecutors have accused of trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat. All along the Obama team has said the report, which will be released at 4:30 p.m. Eastern, would put to rest questions about wrongdoing on the part of aides to the president-elect. The Times’s Jeff Zeleny reviews a list of the staff members who are likely to show up in the document, including ...

Blagojevich to Name Obama Senate Replacement
The Caucus — ... reported the planned appointment on their web sites today, saying that Governor Blagojevich would hold a news conference at 3 p.m. Eastern time in Chicago to make the announcement. Mr. Blagojevich was arrested on Dec. 9 in the federal corruption case. More to come . . .

Blago Will Try To Seat Senator, But Reid Objects
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois will name Roland Burris, a former state attorney general, to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the United States Senate, someone with knowledge of the governor’s plans confirmed on Tuesday. ...

Fitzgerald Asks for More Time on Blagojevich Indictment
The Caucus — The United States attorney prosecuting Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois on federal corruption charges asked Wednesday for a 90-day extension to bring an indictment against the governor, as more details emerged about how Mr. Blagojevich worked behind closed doors to find someone to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s former Senate seat. On Tuesday, Mr. Blagojevich announced that he was appointing Roland W. Burris , a former Illinois attorney general, to the seat. But before offering Mr. Burris the post, he offered it to Representative Danny Davis, another ...

Illinois Court Finds Burris's Senate Appointment Valid
The Caucus — ... to validate his appointment. That had been one of the conditions cited by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in denying Mr. Burris a seat in the Senate, and it remained unclear this afternoon whether Democratic leaders would continue to insist on the need for such certification under the Senate’s own rules. (Senator Reid’s office has yet to comment.) Jesse White, the Illinois secretary of state, had refused to sign Mr. Burris’s papers in light of the corruption charges against Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich that include allegations of efforts to sell Mr. Obama’s Senate seat. Mr. Reid ...

Obama Weighs In on Blagojevich
The Caucus — President Obama has long kept his distance from Rod R. Blagojevich , the colorful, disgraced and now former governor of Illinois. When Mr. Blagojevich ...

Say it ain't so, Roland
Crooks and Liars — ... of Illinois acknowledged in documents made public Saturday that the brother of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich sought campaign fund-raising help from him in the weeks and months before his appointment to succeed ...

BURRIS WHINES THAT ‘MEDIA AND REPUBLICANS ARE ALMOST DESTROYING MY CHARACTER’
Right Wing Nut House — ... “We all have a lot of questions,” State Representative Jack D. Franks said. “He wasn’t forthcoming, and that’s the bottom line. I feel betrayed. The real problem here is the question of trust for the citizens of Illinois. We were supposed to rise to the occasion and, again, Illinois becomes the laughingstock for the nation.” Mr. Franks was a member of a panel assigned this winter to consider impeaching Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich after federal prosecutors accused him of trying to sell the Senate seat left empty when ...